The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1887-10-08
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Imperfect sailing makes siroaiy
butter.
How about permanent farm I'M
provementsP
Professor Henry says that if corn
fodder is fed whole, forty per cent of
it will be wasted, as compared with
feeding it cut.
Lemon Marmalade: Take lemons,
peel and extract the seeds. Boil the
lemons until soft add the juice and
pulp, with n pound of sugrr to pound
Of lemon. Boil to thicken. -Iadiana-
polls Sentinel.
Indian corn gives American farm
ers great advantage over Europeans
in storing ensilage. as we can grow a
larger amount from the corn plant,
and at less cost, than we can from any
thing else Yet ensilage is becoming
a necessity in Europe, although grass
and other crops are used for the pur-
pose.
Chocolate Cream: Cover half box
of gclatine with cold water whip a
pint OF cream. CRATE two ounces OF
chocolate into a pint of milk. set on
the fire to dissolve and add the gela-
tine; swceten and flavor with vanilla;
set on ice and stir until cold; mix in
the cream, pour in mold and set on
ice; serve with whipped cream. -
louisville Courier-JourRdL
Charlotte Russo: Take two pints of
rich milk and soak three-fourths of Il
package Of gelatine in it. Make a
cuStard of a quart of milk, one pound
of sugar and the yelk of eight eggs,
add the gelatine and two teaspoonfuls
extract of vanilla. When il begins to
CONCEAL stir in it q quart of rich
cream whipped to froth. Line a
mold with stale sponge cake; set on
c2,-BOStOn Budget
1t often happens that for crops
dl,at are grown in separate hills, such
as melons and squaShcS, not enough
manure is allowed for fear Ct burning
up" the plants. If plenty of we'll
lotted manure be used, and the man
Jurc well mixed with the soil, there can
DC but little danger of using too much.
The difficulty with grass-feedi a
plants is that not enough manure IS
used as rule. St Louis Republican,.
Cream Puffs; One cup hot water,
.one-half cup butter, boil together;
while boiling stir in one cup sifted
flour, remove from fire and stir to 1
smooth paste; when cool add three
unbeaten eggs, stirring five minutes
Drop in spoonfuls on buttcred tin,
and bake in quick oven twenty-five
minutes. For cream take one cul
milk, one-half cup sugar, one egg
three tablespoonfuls tiour; cook thor
,oughly and flavor When cream ant
putfs are cold, cut open pufs will
sharp knife and fill with cream = Bos
ton Budget.
An old cook book states that there
are two hundred and thirty diffcren
ways Of cooking eggs; perhaps there
are almost as many ways of preparing
and favoring any kind of meat.
Again, the earth, air and ocean con
tain an immense variety of birds, fish
Shell-fsh, etc, that are now seldom. /
ever, seen on a table; while others ar,
uniustly neglected by the well-to do
ms, for instance, the mussel, which con
tainS mines of aroma, and is, there
fore, valuable, not only per Sc, but TO
havouring more or less insipid dishes
--EGchange
In selecting a churn, says T. d
Curtis, be sure and get it large enough
1t should not be more than one-thir(
full Of cream if the easiest mos
speedy and most satisfactory result
be desired. Do not give too swift
motion. If you should do so yo
would prolong the time of churning
YOU would not prevent it altogether
Forty or fifty revolutions minute
usually fast enough. Give just tina
motion to a revolving churn whic
will carry the cream to the top of th
churn and permit it to fall with
smashing thud. Indianapolis JourRa
Eo;tbFL 20 tho I act